Omaha daily bee., 1887-03-08

ago. he said in one of his sermons, II
saw a man who had sat in the car right
ahead OF me jump w. quick and start for
the mountain side nc ran like deer.
The Thermometer showed that it was 800
below zero, and we all knew that any
man who ran to the mountains in that
weather was doomed to death. SO we
went after him. AT first We couldn't
gain on him mt all. He couldn't have
gone any faster il u pack of Indians had
been after him. Finally we caught him
and took him back to the cars, where wo
found that he was crazy. 1t had come on
him like u flash, and he had no time to
sec the doctor about it, If we hadn't
overtaken him where would he have been
now? just where you fcllcrs will be il
you don't take tumble as quick as ho
did. You have got to skin right out like
wild man for the mountains If you cX.
pect to be saved.
"Whcn l was up on the Yellowstone
talking to the cowboys l saw them cut
holes in the ice, and then pretty soon
lot OF cattle would come down through
the snow belly deep and reach out their
long, bony necks tor drink. On top
of the ice the snow was four feet deep.
but where the hobs were there was
water twice that depth and running like
up there softlike and nose around and
paw and try the ice and look back and
whimper and say they would come again
some other dayy Not any They just
rushed right up to the holes, and some of
them were so eager 10 get at them that
they slipped and fell into the stream, and
were. carried along under the ice in the
That's what l like. When l see you
felers as eager to get at the water of sal.
walton, and when | see some of you
swept under and carried away, then
shout louder yet.
Down in Wyoming, just before
Christmas, there came up cold ram
that froze as it tell. and the grazing was
got worried about the tfocks, and tho
boys were ordered out to look after tho
sheep. l went along. There were
Bicker's boys, Jewctt's boys and Bolivcr's
boys and Thomson's boys, and Leggett's
boys, and they all knew their brands.
When they saw one of their own sheep
disabled or suffering they just took him
up and piled hlm into wagon and car
ried him back to the ranch. But there
was once in while sheep that
| didn't have any brand on HIM,
| and what became of hims
l know ami you know. Every
one thought that he belonged to some
| body else, and he was left to rustic for
| himself. No shepherd for him, you bet.
| He just lay out in the rain and shlverod,
and when he croaked no one cared for
| him. What brand are you fellows wear
ing this season? Have you got the cross
on you, or are you roaming about with
out brand? You III run into cold rain
yourselves one of these nights when tho
and icy. and who'll you belong to them
"Over in Virginia City the other day
some robbers set out to hold up man
who was going along with what they
had been told was big bag of gold
dust. They waited for hlm on the high
way until they saw him coming, and
were on the point of jumping on him
coming right behind him who had
great deal heavier load. He's the man,
they said. and they let the man with Il
rather light burden 90 and waited for
the one who was toiling along with as
heavy load as he could stagger under.
When he came up where they were they
mounted him, and what do you suppose
they got? Nothing but a lot of low grade
ore that he was taking into town to have
examined. The man with the light
travelling bag had the gold dust after all.
He that hath ears to hear let him hear.
Not the man who has the most cattle or
the most gold or the most silver, but the
man who has the most righteousness, Is
the one who has the least trouble in the
world The cattle and the gold and the
silver weigh him down powerfully. and
attract the attention of the devil and all
his hosts, while the man with righteous
ness goes along unsuspcctcd and un-
harmed.
I'm the Gunnison last fall man
named Wild Tom Jumped out in the md.
die of the camp one afternoon and said
that he was spelling for a fight. He
hadn't had one in three weeks and he felt
hungry. Ten minutes after that l was
preaching his funeral sermon on side
hill. He had had his fight and it was one
that would last him for all time. Now l
say to you what l said to the survivors
there, that when man stands out as a
sinner he is only inviting the devil to
come down on him.
"On Northern Pacific train that got
showed in for thirty hours l saw,
poor woman who had two children. She
wasn't pretty, and her little children
did not have any fine things. but when
they got cold what did they dor saw
one old sinner unite his neckerchief and
sneak 1t into the woman's hands for tho
little ones. Then big feller who sat in
the middle of the car got up and sad
that no snoozcr from the camps could
get ahead of man from the range, anu
he whipped of his overcoat ana gave ~
to the woman to wrap the children up
in. What did that mean. Nothing at
not keep yourselves from doing right
when YOU think of it. Half an hour after
this saw the old feller shivering, and
asked him If he didn't wish he had his
coat, and he said not so long as he could
see the kids sleeping so comfortable
like. That kept him warm and kept him
from freezing That deed would keep
him from burning in the next world"
Jake speaks in parallels and has many
| listeners. lie said to-day that after ho
had learned the habits and customs of the
country he would 60 east ways
| College Discipline In 1912.